Posts Tagged ‘human-rights’

The Australian miner that has been accused by the Philippines' human rights body of violating the rights of indigenous peoples said it is committed to the project and to the rights of the local people. Full story

DAKAR, Senegal ? Foreign mining companies in gold-rich Ghana regularly seize people's land, pollute the environment and violently suppress those who oppose them, according to a new report this week by a human rights team at the University of Texas School Full story

A months-long New York Times study has found that gold mining is a process that is detrimental to our environment and areas of conservation. Full story

| WASHINGTON, DC — Following the release of an independent review of Newmont Mining Corporation's human rights practices at Yanacocha gold mine in northern Peru, international aid agency Oxfam America urges the mining company to address human rights Full story

As human rights groups push for the closure of the Marlin Mine in Guatemala, Goldcorp has agreed to implement a number of changes in its social and environmental programs. Full story

As human rights groups push for the closure of the Marlin Mine in Guatemala, parent Goldcorp has agreed to implement a number of changes in its social and environmental programs. Full story

Michael Moretto submits: Just yesterday the Guatemalan government announced that the company must temporarily shut its Marlin mine during a probe into supposed environmental and human-rights abuses. This news comes surprisingly after the government stated over the past few weeks that there would be likely no need to shut the mine Full story

The International Crisis Group, Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch are relentlessly pursuing Sri Lanka about alleged human right abuses by the military during the final phase of the war against the LTTE last year. If what they say is true, it Full story